Drip-pan for painting metal furniture.



No. 707,087. Patented Aug. !9, I902.

' H. E. CRUME.

DRIP PAN FOB PAINTING METAL FURNITURE.

(Application filed May 17, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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' a full and complete specification, such as will UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN E. CROME, OF JERSEY CITY NEW JERSEY.

DRlP-PAN FOR PAlN TlN G METAL FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part (if Letliel iatnt No. 707,087, dated August'1'9, 1902. Application filed May 17, 1902.; Serial No. 107.716. (No model.)

useful Improvements in Drip-Pans for Painting Metal Furniture, of which the following is enable thoseskilled in the art to which it ap: pertains to make and use the same.

The object of this inventionis to provide an improved drip-pan for use in painting parts of metal bedsteads, couches, and other arti-. cles of furniture made of metal, a further object being to provide an improved device or apparatus of this class by means of which the parts of a bedstead or other article of furniture may be agitated or moved in the paint, so as to cause the paint to thoroughly cover the same and by means of which the surplus paint may be partially drained from the article before the latter is removed from the pan and by means of. which 'the' paint when used may be strained, so as to remove therefrom dirt, scales, and other substances in order that the paint may be reused; and with these and other objects in view the invention con-. sists in a drip-pan for painting articles of furniture or parts thereof, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fullydisclosed in the fol- I lowing specification, of which the accompanying drawings form apart, in .Whichthe separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved drip-pan; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a cross-sectionon the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention I provide a drip-pan of the class specified, which is oblong and rectangular in form and which is open at the top and composed of two parts a and a said parts beingadapted to be sepa rated by a removable screen I), held in place when in use by vertically-arranged"keepers 19 The part a is preferably longer than the part a and is adapted to rest in the horizontal position on any suitable support, while the part a is upwardly inclined, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the extent of this inclination at its greatest point being preferably about equal to the depth of the .pan,- and the side and end walls of the pan;including both parts thereof, are preferably flared outwardly, as

shown at 0.

Placed transversely in the bottom of'the 7 part a and adjacent to the keepers b is a 'shaft: c,heldin place by keepers c and c ,se-

cured to the bottom of the part a, and" this shaft is provided with a crank 0 and secured to said shaft is a perforated plate (1, which is adapted to normally rest on, the bottom of the part a and which is preferably substantially in Fig. 2, when the screen I) is not in position, and in practice paint is placed in the pan or in the part athereof'an'd said pan or said part is partially filled with said paint,

and. whenever it is desired to paint the headframe or foot-frame of a metal bedstead or any other article of furniture or part thereof 1 the said'articleof furniture or part thereof is placed'onthe plate 'd -to the right of the bracket or'support e, and the said plate is raised and loweredlornagitated in the paint by means of the crank c, and when the said article is thoroughly covered with the paint the plate 11 is raised to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the surplus paint flows from the article of furniture back into the pan, and the said article of furniture is removed from the plated by a crane and conveyed to a drier or driers in the usual manner. When the plate 01 is raised into an up: right position, as indicated in dottedglinesin Fig. 2, the article .of furniture"thereo nTests on the support or bracket e, and said plateiis. not raised exactly vertical, butis held at.a'"

scribed operation the screen I) is not in use,

and in the operation of painting an article of furniture or parts thereof when the paint becomes more or less foul by means of scales and other dirt or substances which collect therein, and at the close of a days Work or at any other time the end a of the pan may be raised so that most of the paint therein will flow into the end a and the screen I) may then be placed in position and the end a of the pan lowered into its normal position, and the paint will fiow back through said screen into the part a of the pan, and the scales, dirt, and other substances will be retained in the part a and may be removed therefrom.

This device is simple in construction and operation and comparativelyinexpensive,and by means thereof articles of furniture of the class specified or parts thereof may be quickly and easily painted, and a much less waste of time and ata much less expense than by means of the apparatus and processes now employed.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that the plate d serves as an elevator to lift the article of furniture out of the paint or out of the paint-pan, and this avoids the necessity of the attendant grasping said article by the hand in order to lift it from the vat or pan, and when the article has once been raised into an upright or partially-upright position it may be removed by a crane, as hereinbefore stated,without in any Way disturbing the paint or enamel thereon.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A drip-pan for painting articles of furniture or parts thereof, said pan comprising two parts one of which is adapted to rest in a horizontal position and the other of which is normally held in a raised or inclined posi tion, a shaft mounted transversely of said pan and in the end of the horizontal portion thereof adjacent to the other portion thereof, and a perforated plate connected with said shaft and adapted to rest on the bottom of the horizontal portion thereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. A drip-pan for painting articles of furniture or parts thereof, said pan comprising two parts one of which is adapted to restin a horizontal position and the other of which is normally held in a raised or inclined position, a shaft mounted transversely of said pan and in the end of the horizontal portion thereof adjacent to the other portion thereof, and a perforated plate connected with said shaft and adapted to rest on the bottom of the horizontal portion thereof, and said plate being provided near said shaft with a bracket or support, substantially as shown and described.

3. A drip-pan for painting articles of furniture or parts thereof, said pan comprising two parts one of which is adapted to restin a horizontal position and the other of which is normally held in a raised or inclined position a shaft mounted transversely of said pan and in the end of the horizontal portion thereof adjacent to the other portion thereof, and a perforated plate connected with said shaft and adapted to rest on the bottom of the horizontal portion thereof, and said plate being provided near said shaft with a bracket or support, and said pan being provided ad jacent to said shaft with a transverse screen, substantially as shown and described.

4. A drip-pan for use in painting articles of furniture or parts thereof, said pan being oblong in form and composed of two parts, one of which rests in ahorizontal position and the other of which is held in a raised or inclined position the transverse screen mounted in said pan at the junction of the two parts, a shaft transversely mounted in said pan adjacent to said screen and provided with a perforated plate which is secured thereto and adapted to normally rest on the bottom of the horizontal part of the pan, said plate being provided adjacent to said shaft with a transverse bracket and at the opposite end thereof with a recess,and said shaft being provided with a crank, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 15th day of May, 1902.

HERMAN E. CROME.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, (l. E. MULREANY. 

